On Saturday night, N.E.R.D. fans at ComplexCon were treated to a live listening session of No_One Ever Really Dies, the group's first new album in seven years. Their appearance, which came two days after the release of their Rihanna-featuring single "Lemon," featured live choreography as the crowd listened to the upcoming 11-song project as well as song intros from Pharrell.

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As NPR points out, "Don't Don't Do It," a track featuring Kendrick Lamar, addresses the 2016 police killing of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina. Onstage, Pharrell spoke about watching the video of Scott's death at the hands of police. In the clip, Scott's wife can be heard pleading with police, "Don't, don't do it!"

"I thought to myself, "She knows her husband is gonna die,'" he said. "And I knew in my mind, man, that's a chorus. The only thing that video is missing is melody and music."